Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Stock Acquired Rep. David Taylor

Representative David Taylor (Republican-Ohio) recently bought shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). In a filing disclosed on March 06th, the Representative disclosed that they had bought between $1,001 and $15,000 in Amazon.com stock on February 26th. The trade occurred in the Representative’s “DAVID TAYLOR TRUST > SARDINIA READY MIX 401(K) – DAVE” account.

Representative David Taylor also recently made the following trade(s):

• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Visa (NYSE:V) on 2/26/2026.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) on 2/26/2026.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) on 2/26/2026.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) on 2/26/2026.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) on 2/26/2026.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) on 2/26/2026.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) on 2/26/2026.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Kroger (NYSE:KR) on 2/26/2026.
• Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) on 2/26/2026.
• Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) on 2/26/2026.

Amazon.com Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN opened at $213.49 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The company has a market cap of $2.29 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.40. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12-month low of $161.38 and a 12-month high of $258.60. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $224.46 and its 200 day simple moving average is $227.16.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The e-commerce giant reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.97 by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $213.39 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $211.02 billion. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 10.83%.The company’s revenue was up 13.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.86 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Trending Headlines about Amazon.com

Here are the key news stories impacting Amazon.com this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Major AI/cloud investment and elevated AWS role with OpenAI reinforce Amazon’s long?term revenue and infrastructure thesis — the company’s multi?year commitments and a reported multi?year OpenAI partnership (and the firm’s $200B capex plan) support expectations for continued AWS growth and higher-margin AI compute demand. How Amazon’s OpenAI Cloud Backbone Role…
• Positive Sentiment: Zoox robotaxi expansion signals new long?run growth vectors (autonomy/logistics) as testing expands to Phoenix and Dallas and Amazon builds a regional command hub — another example of diversification beyond retail and cloud. Amazon’s Zoox to launch command hub…
• Positive Sentiment: Amazon Pharmacy broadened offerings by adding Eli Lilly’s Zepbound KwikPen, supporting growth in pharmacy revenue and positioning AMZN in higher?margin healthcare distribution. Amazon Pharmacy Expands Access…
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street and institutional backing remains supportive (BofA maintained a Buy; Bill Ackman increased exposure), which helps sentiment amid volatility. BofA Maintains Buy on Amazon.com, Inc.
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor commentaries and buy?the?dip stories remind value investors of Amazon’s long track record in AI/cloud but are largely narrative pieces rather than new fundamental data. 2 AI Stocks Shaping the Future…
• Negative Sentiment: AWS is moving some Pentagon/defense workloads off Anthropic models and onto alternatives — a regulatory/contracting shift that highlights vendor risk and could complicate AI product revenue mixes. Amazon transitions defense workloads…
• Negative Sentiment: Operational reliability concerns: Amazon held engineering meetings after a string of Gen?AI?related outages, flagging execution risk as the company rolls out rapid AI changes across systems. Amazon holds engineering meeting…
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/physical risk: drone strikes damaged AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, prompting outage concerns and underscoring resilience and insurance exposure for cloud infrastructure. Iran’s attacks on Amazon data centers…
• Negative Sentiment: Macro headwind risk from rising oil/energy costs could pressure data?center margins and consumer demand if prices spike, a cross?sector risk for cloud operators and e?commerce. Surging Oil Prices Threaten NVIDIA, Amazon…

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Amazon.com

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 2.1% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 849,721,601 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $186,420,422,000 after buying an additional 17,447,045 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its position in Amazon.com by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 388,653,121 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $89,708,913,000 after purchasing an additional 6,971,680 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Amazon.com by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 225,120,994 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $51,753,622,000 after purchasing an additional 2,479,324 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Amazon.com in the 4th quarter worth approximately $32,868,735,000. Finally, Auto Owners Insurance Co boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 27,376.7% in the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 98,448,885 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $2,272,397,000 after purchasing an additional 98,090,585 shares during the last quarter. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Monday, December 29th. Arete Research raised their price objective on Amazon.com from $283.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Loop Capital raised their price objective on shares of Amazon.com from $300.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Desjardins upped their price target on shares of Amazon.com to $218.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Finally, Bank of America dropped their price objective on Amazon.com from $303.00 to $286.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Amazon.com presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $287.29.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Amazon.com news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.22, for a total value of $3,642,860.22. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,930,094.10. The trade was a 65.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, VP Shelley Reynolds sold 2,695 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.90, for a total transaction of $554,900.50. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 119,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $24,662,702. This represents a 2.20% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 71,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,688,739 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 10.80% of the company’s stock.

About Representative Taylor

David Taylor (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2025. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Taylor (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

David Taylor graduated from Amelia High School. Taylor earned degrees from Miami University (Ohio) and the University of Dayton School of Law. Taylor’s career experience includes working as an attorney and as a businessman at Sardinia Ready Mix, Inc.

About Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc is a diversified technology and retail company best known for its e-commerce marketplace and broad portfolio of consumer and enterprise services. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company launched as an online bookseller and expanded into a global retail platform that sells products directly to consumers and provides a marketplace for third-party sellers. Over time Amazon has grown beyond retail into areas including cloud computing, digital media, devices and logistics.

Key businesses and offerings include Amazon’s online marketplace and fulfillment services, the Amazon Prime membership program (which bundles expedited shipping with streaming and other benefits), Amazon Web Services (AWS) which supplies on-demand cloud computing and storage to businesses and public-sector customers, and a range of content and advertising services such as Prime Video and Amazon Advertising.